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The proper side of the road & road safety



> Actually, I read somewhere recently (how's that for vague) that when all
the
> vehicles in the UK, Japan and the other countries driving on the left are
> added up (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, not sure about Australia?) and
the
> expected vehicle numbers in ten or twenty years are considered, there
will
> be more driving on the left than the right.
>
> So when are y'all in the US, Canada, Germany etc. etc. going to change to
> the proper side of the road? ;-)))

This reminds me of something :
A few years ago, some IDIOT on a road safety committee here made a serious
recommendation to change AuSTralia from LHD to RHD. This was to reduce the
number of traffic accidents caused by foreign tourists driving on the wrong
side of the road here.

Darren Mason.
2000 ST.
Melbourne, AuSTralia.



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